All News Analysis articles – Page 8

  • Heathrow
    Features

    Is Heathrow coming in to land?

    2016-09-23T06:00:00Z

    The good news is the government has signalled a decision on airport expansion will finally be made this autumn. The bad news is the PM may be swayed more by political pressures than the advice of the Davies Commission to pick Heathrow

  • Corbyn and May
    Features

    Party conferences preview

    2016-09-15T15:00:00Z

    The political backdrop to the approaching party conference season looks nothing like it did this time last year. The Brexit vote, which swept Theresa May to power and plunged Jeremy Corbyn into another leadership contest, has many policy implications. So what do the two main parties have to say about ...

  • brexit-index
    Features

    State of play: Industry voices Brexit concerns

    2016-09-08T06:00:00Z

    So how’s it looking for construction more than two months after the nation voted for Brexit? Building’s survey of 500 construction professionals suggests that commercial, residential and infrastructure will be the worst hit sectors … but that it’s not all bad news

  • Mark Fisher's movie park for Wanda, designed around the theme of the ancient Chinese chime instrument
    News

    What you need to know to work with Wanda

    2016-09-01T06:00:00Z

    Client profile: The £70bn Chinese developer behind One Nine Elms explains what it is looking for

  • University sector
    Features

    Universities: Losing the higher ground?

    2016-09-01T06:00:00Z

    The university sector has provided a solid pipeline of work for construction over recent years, even in the doldrums of recession. But could demand around higher education fall following the UK vote to leave the EU?

  • Crane silhouettes
    Features

    Contractors' interims: Grave new world

    2016-08-24T06:00:00Z

    After the shock Brexit referendum result, contractors have found themselves wondering how to adapt to survive in the renewed climate of economic uncertainty

  • 32 cover
    Features

    Sir Robert McAlpine: The hollow crown?

    2016-08-12T06:00:00Z

    Family firm Sir Robert McAlpine is once again without a boss. So, what happened, and can things be different for the next person to take the job?

  • Manchester
    Features

    The North goes south

    2016-08-03T06:00:00Z

    The idea of establishing a northern powerhouse has lost a powerful supporter with the departure of chancellor George Osborne. Is there the will and momentum now in Whitehall to keep the project going?

  • Top 150 contractors 2016
    Features

    Top 150 contractors: The rough & tumble

    2016-07-21T07:00:00Z

    This year’s contractors and housebuilders Top 150 shows the sector pulling out of recession, but economic danger remains

  • Theresa May
    Features

    How Theresa May can avoid a construction recession

    2016-07-13T06:00:00Z

    In these days of lightning fast political changes, and possibly dire economic prospects, prime minister Theresa May has to hit the ground running if she is to prevent construction slipping into another recession

  • Egg
    Features

    This pensions crisis can only get worse

    2016-07-08T06:00:00Z

    Consultants that offered generous final salary schemes decades ago are now suffering the consequences of shouldering huge pensions deficits

  • Brexit
    Features

    Brexit: The vote that shook Britain

    2016-06-29T06:00:00Z

    It’s hit construction hard - on the stock exchange, in boardrooms and on sites across the UK, people are starting to rethink an industry that is no longer part of the EU. But what exactly will change and how quickly?

  • construction useful
    News

    What a Brexit means for construction

    2016-06-24T09:43:00Z

    At a glance - the likely impact on labour, materials and investment

  • construction manager cover
    Features

    The construction manager: Last chance to see?

    2016-06-24T06:00:00Z

    Since its heyday in the 1990s, the construction manager has declined in numbers, due to the loss of its natural habitat of rising inflation and wealthy clients. Building assesses whether time has run out for the once-common role or whether it’s about to bounce back

  • EU
    Features

    Brexit: No time to hedge our bets

    2016-06-17T06:00:00Z

    As polling cards are readied for the UK’s EU referendum, the construction sector prepares for the possibility of a vote to Leave. Building speaks to professionals about the possible profound effects on labour and material costs, foreign investment, and growth and trade

  • Grand Union Park
    Features

    ‘The next Canary Wharf and Stratford combined’

    2016-06-16T06:00:00Z

    A planned interchange between HS2 and Crossrail has made an unassuming spot of west London a candidate for the largest regeneration scheme in the UK

  • Sweets
    Features

    Sweett hereafter

    2016-06-10T06:00:00Z

    With Sweett’s purchase by WSP PB making it the latest venerable UK consultant to be snapped up by a bigger foreign firm, Building considers how such takeover deals - and the spin-off firms that often result - are changing the market

  • blacklisting-photos
    Features

    Blacklist: ‘We take it very personal’

    2016-06-09T06:00:00Z

    The legal battle against major construction firms for using an employee blacklist has finally been settled out of court to the tune of millions. But for some victims and supporters, the matter is very far from over

  • Laing ORourke
    Features

    Laing O’Rourke: Behind closed doors

    2016-06-03T06:00:00Z

    Following problem jobs, awkward financial signs and the departure of the chief executive for health reasons, 69-year-old Laing O’Rourke founder Ray O’Rourke has taken the reins once again

  • Sadiq Khan
    Features

    London’s new mayor: Yes, he Khan

    2016-05-10T15:09:00Z

    Sadiq Khan has the mother of all in-trays to contend with in his first months as London’s new mayor - everything from housing to Heathrow, Crossrail 2 to controversial planning decisions